Firsts are always special. For her maiden film, director Anubhuti Kashyap knew that she had to tell a story that aligned with her sensibilities. When the concept of Doctor G came her way, Kashyap redesigned the story, lending it sensitivity and maturity. “The original script had been written by an ex-doctor, and was with Junglee Pictures. They wanted a female director. I was sold on the medical world. [When I heard the premise], I told them I would like to work on it, but I would change the script entirely. They were happy [with the idea]. I brought in another writer, Sumit Saxena, and we worked on it,” she recounts.

The Ayushmann Khurrana, Shefali Shah and Rakul Preet Singh-starrer tells the humorous journey of an aspiring orthopaedic surgeon who lands a seat in the gynaecology department, becoming the only male in a woman-dominated field. Kashyap says that she began by understanding the medical world, before reimagining the plot. “The entire film had to be given a female gaze. Even though the author who had written it is a feminist, he had approached the story [from a male perspective]. He brought in the central character’s perspective, while I brought in every other character’s viewpoint.”